b'Above left to right:After Covid hit, someone placed masks on some of thegurines, are pit to enjoy, a little pink door, and theres lots more to see.Below: The little garden that grew! This is how it began and like any garden, it continues to grow.When Avery visits from Guelph, she cant wait to see whats new in the garden . .Its mystical and magical, Tracy Vernest added, some by mysterious visitors to thewent out to see the fairy garden during the said of Port Perrys hidden treasure, a fairygarden. There are two diminutive statuesCOVID-19pandemic,andsomeonehad garden nestled in the woods. of fairies, but as Tracy pointed out, the realmade little masks for some of the charac-It all started a couple of years ago, whenfairies are, of course, invisible. ters! It was precious, Tracy commented.Tracy spotted an adorable little door at aSomeone,perhapsalittleboy,TracyAnyone is welcome to bring things to craft store. It looked like a fairy door. Sheguesses, placed a tiny toy motorcycle nearadd to the fairy garden, invited Tracy. Its boughtit,tookithometoCanterburyone of the fairy doors. Theres a small statuean interesting, eclectic place. A lot of people Common, and attached it to the base of aof a mother and child, and a wee gazebo, do- bring their grandchildren here to enjoy the Using a bit of everything, includingtree on the forested trail, which leads outnated by Tracys neighbour. The fairy gardenfairygarden.Otherfolks,justoutfora lots of popsicle sticks. of the subdivision. That was the beginningpaths are made out of little wooden birchnature stroll, are pleased to come across the of the enchanted fairy garden which visi- rounds cut out by David. Pebbles and rockscharming little scene on their outing. tors young and old love to visit. were used to construct other pathways.Tracybringsinallofthefairygarden Tracys granddaughter Avery, age six,A unicorn magically appeared one day.treasures before winter to protect them from was almost four years old at the time. SheTracy received the perfect present, a fairythe weather. And she goes out regularly to was thrilled with the idea of a secret gar- house, for Mothers Day, so that was addedcheck on the fairy garden, which she says den where fairies dwell. to the display. One day, Tracy was surprisedsometimes gets disturbed by dogs or wildlife.When she comes from Guelph to spendtobrightly painted rocks, including aAvery was so excited aboutnd sometimewithhergrandparents,stone on which someone painted with theFocus on Scugog doing a feature Tracy and David, she cant wait to seewordamazing.Cutelittlemushroomsstory and photos that she said to whats new in the fairy garden. appeared. Someone hung pretty little birdsher grandma, We have to go out TracyusedAveryswoodenon some of the tree branches. A neighbourandtidyupthefairygardenand icecreamsticktomakeasignmadeawoodendoorthatTracyembel- make it look nice before the photog-The unicorn magically appearedthat reads, Fairies live here. Overlished with twigs to make it more rustic. rapher gets here!one day. the years, many features have beenImagineTracyssurprisewhensheBy Lynn Campbell, Focus on ScugogFOCUS - SEPTEMBER 202015'